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before the debate 30% only 30% said governor romney did. 53% said president obama did. but look at after the debate. romney's numbers almost doubled to 63%. president obama's did move up slightly. he still lead there but romney gained a lot of ground here, scott. >> pelley: anthony, thank you very much. of course as we said this is a little over 400 people who had not made up their minds on which candidate they would support. but john dickerson what do you make of those numbers. >> those are the people mitt romney needs to talk to. these are the people who are -- they may have voted for president obama in 2008, they like him but they just are disappointed and the transaction mitt romney needed to start tonight was saying to those people it's okay to leave him and i'm a safe place to go. that jump in the number of people who thought he cared about regular people, that -- if they could have written a perfect script that's the one the romney people would have written. somebody wrote in to me today and said just after the debate said the governor of massachusetts showed up.
before the debate 30% only 30% said governor romney did. 53% said president obama did. but look at after the debate. romney's numbers almost doubled to 63%. president obama's did move up slightly. he still lead there but romney gained a lot of ground here, scott. >> pelley: anthony, thank you very much. of course as we said this is a little over 400 people who had not made up their minds on which candidate they would support. but john dickerson what do you make of those numbers. >>...
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obama actually improved slightly from before the debate. but now things get interesting when you asked who's better for the middle-class. something that was talked about a lot tonight. when you asked who would do a better job of helping the middle-class, president obama wins here substantially, 57% to 43%. so both sides here con k claim victory for governor romney on the economy, for president obama it's on the middle-class but, again among the 500 or more uncommitted voters we surveyed after the debate tonight 37% said obama's the winner, 30% said romney was the winner and about a third called it a tie, scott. >> pelley: thanks very much, anthony. norah o'donnell, a third, a third, and a third. amazing. >> (laughs) right. look, both campaigns will claim a victory tonight that their candidate did well. i think romney wanted to make the case, as he has -z, that obama is great at speeches but we have a record to look at. and so romney tried to lay out what obama's record has been on the economy, the 23 million americans who are still unemploy
obama actually improved slightly from before the debate. but now things get interesting when you asked who's better for the middle-class. something that was talked about a lot tonight. when you asked who would do a better job of helping the middle-class, president obama wins here substantially, 57% to 43%. so both sides here con k claim victory for governor romney on the economy, for president obama it's on the middle-class but, again among the 500 or more uncommitted voters we surveyed after...
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but president obama went up much more substantially from 58% before the debate to 71% after. we also asked which candidate would do a better job on terrorism and national security. again, president obama won clearly here by a 64% to 36% margin. 2-1. there was one place where governor romney scored well this evening, that was on the issue of china. we asked which candidate would do a better job handling u.s. policy toward china. the voters in our survey, the uncommitted voters, were evenly split 50- 50, again president obama the clear winner this debate tonight 53% to 23% among uncommitted voters. scott, that's roughly a flip of the first debate when governor romney won by about the same margin. >> pelley: anthony, thank you very much. in the second debate the uncommitted voters were about a third, a third, and a third. so very different result tonight john. >> that's right, romney didn't do as well in this one, the president was much more commanding. but it was the least important debate of the three. and the question is for mitt romney does that 49% he got in terms of handli
but president obama went up much more substantially from 58% before the debate to 71% after. we also asked which candidate would do a better job on terrorism and national security. again, president obama won clearly here by a 64% to 36% margin. 2-1. there was one place where governor romney scored well this evening, that was on the issue of china. we asked which candidate would do a better job handling u.s. policy toward china. the voters in our survey, the uncommitted voters, were evenly split...
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it worked last debate because barack obama let him do it. tonight it came across as the boss you hate. i thought it was too much in the president's face. that answer combined with romney's sort of nasty demeanor and his over physicality with the president and really disrespectful physicality toward the president i have to say. i think they put romney right back in that nasty ceo box. >> i had a boss like that. he would light up his cigarette in a no smoking area and start barking orders. nice guy. >> that was the best summary that the president has given of what's wrong in the view of his supporters and in his mind with mitt romney's philosophy. it was very, very well done. many other great lines. many other great issues that the president hit on whether it was pay equity or the arizona immigration law. or china. >> romney never touched pay equity. >> never touched it. he never answered the question. china when the president said you're the last guy to get tough on china. mitt romney didn't say anything. >> and not only that, but i want to s
it worked last debate because barack obama let him do it. tonight it came across as the boss you hate. i thought it was too much in the president's face. that answer combined with romney's sort of nasty demeanor and his over physicality with the president and really disrespectful physicality toward the president i have to say. i think they put romney right back in that nasty ceo box. >> i had a boss like that. he would light up his cigarette in a no smoking area and start barking orders....
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and that was his goal tonight and he hit a lot of key points that obama failed to make in that last debate. >> pelley: what vice president biden had to do is act as a circuit breaker, essentially. the romney campaign came out of that first debate in denver with a great deal of momentum and it was biden's job to be a firewall, to break that momentum, john dickerson. >> he did it for democrats. i think democrats are going to run this back on their tivos and watch the greatest hits. he touched on the 47%. he talked about detroit. he talked about the duplicity he sees in the romney campaign. president obama said his fault was that he was too polite. joe biden cannot be faulted for being too polite. there's an old line attributed to bill clinton that says the other guy can't talk if your fist is in your mouth. he wahe was interesting. i don't independents are going to like that. thithis was a message the democs will love and that will do something to stop that momentum for this campaign. >> pelley: one of the things the president was criticized for by many in the debate in denver was not bringi
and that was his goal tonight and he hit a lot of key points that obama failed to make in that last debate. >> pelley: what vice president biden had to do is act as a circuit breaker, essentially. the romney campaign came out of that first debate in denver with a great deal of momentum and it was biden's job to be a firewall, to break that momentum, john dickerson. >> he did it for democrats. i think democrats are going to run this back on their tivos and watch the greatest hits. he...
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president obama and governor mitt romney, debated by candy crowley. romney accused the president of waiting too long to call the september 11th attack on the united states consulate in benghazi libya an act of terror. the president said romney simply had his facts wrong. watch this. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden, and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror, and i also said that we're going to hunt down those who committed this crime. and then a few days later i was there reading the caskets coming into andrews air force base. and grieving with the families. and the suggestion that anybody in my team, the secretary of state, our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. that's not what we do. that's not what i do as president. that's not what i do as commander in chief. >> governor, if you want to reply, quickly. >> i certainly do. i think it is interestin
president obama and governor mitt romney, debated by candy crowley. romney accused the president of waiting too long to call the september 11th attack on the united states consulate in benghazi libya an act of terror. the president said romney simply had his facts wrong. watch this. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden, and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror, and i also...
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he was leaning into the debate when president obama was a little bit more laid back. i think he was able to be aggressive without being offensive. so, even though there were -- i didn't see any knockout punches. no breakthrough moments or major mistakes. i think governor romney will get the boost that challengers usually get. the big question, did he do anything to dramatically change the trajectory of the race? >> well, just some of what you are telling us from home and you are sending us torrents of e-mails tonight, somebody has said, you know, this is a debate you needed a calculator to follow in the first 25 minutes. a lot of numbers thrown out there and just for the record, the biggest number of tweets so far on big bird, but we'll get back to that in a moment. i want to turn to matthew dowd, a key strategist for both sides of the aisle, at different points in his life. is george right? >> well, i think this -- we all try to make comparisons to these races to previous presintial races and this race has been so eerily familiar to 2004 and tonight was another examp
he was leaning into the debate when president obama was a little bit more laid back. i think he was able to be aggressive without being offensive. so, even though there were -- i didn't see any knockout punches. no breakthrough moments or major mistakes. i think governor romney will get the boost that challengers usually get. the big question, did he do anything to dramatically change the trajectory of the race? >> well, just some of what you are telling us from home and you are sending...
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this time president obama showed up and had a good debate, a much stronger debate he had last type. i think democrats have to be happy with that. i think both sides are probably happy with what happened tonight, but i do think you'll see -- or should see the romney people push back on the libya thing. when the moderator said, you know -- >> bret: she said to read the transcript. >> that kind of pushes -- you know, makes it look like -- well, it's like there's a ref and rev just threw the flag. that's going to help the president. >> the truth is that the opportunity -- governor romney had a tremendous opportunity once the president had said that, because the answer to that, the obvious answer to that is, mr. president, if you thought on the monday after that this was an act of terror, why did your u.n. ambassador go out several days later on five sunday television shows and say the best information you had was that it was all reaction to that movie, and why did you yourself -- >> bret: why did you go to the u.n. and -- >> all of that. romney didn't believe that the president had actu
this time president obama showed up and had a good debate, a much stronger debate he had last type. i think democrats have to be happy with that. i think both sides are probably happy with what happened tonight, but i do think you'll see -- or should see the romney people push back on the libya thing. when the moderator said, you know -- >> bret: she said to read the transcript. >> that kind of pushes -- you know, makes it look like -- well, it's like there's a ref and rev just...
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between president barack obama, the democratic nominee, and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, the republican nominee. this debate and the next three, two presidential, one vice presidential, are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be six roughly 15-minute segments with two-minute answers for the first question, then open discussion for the remainder of each segment. thousands of people offered suggestions on segment subjects or questions via the internet and other means, but i made the final selections, and for the record, they were not submitted for approval to the commission or the candidates. the segments, as i announced in advance, will be three on the economy and one each on health care, the role of government, and governing, with an emphasis throughout on differences, specifics, and choices. both candidates will also have two-minute closing statements. the audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent. no cheers, applause, boos, h
between president barack obama, the democratic nominee, and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, the republican nominee. this debate and the next three, two presidential, one vice presidential, are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be six roughly 15-minute segments with two-minute answers for the first question, then open discussion for the remainder of...
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good night. >> ifill: with that the second debate between president obama and former governor mitt romney is done. as the families, the wives. that's ann romney there coming up to greet her husband. of course we're going to see, i imagine, at the same time, the president making her way toward michelle obama. they're going to greet members of this town hall. we're going to bring in here with judy wood rough, of course. gwen, i think we saw a very different dent from the first presidential debate. this is the president who displayed more energy. you heard him use the word fight there. but this is a president who seemed to be fighting for the job of president for a second term. that was something that was, i think, very much in question after the debate that we saw happen in denver earlier this month. >> woodruff: david brooks, how did you see it >> if we go by winners and losers i would have to say obama won this debate. romney gave good answers. there were two really good answers that romney gave on what the last four years have been like differentiating himself from george w. bush but in
good night. >> ifill: with that the second debate between president obama and former governor mitt romney is done. as the families, the wives. that's ann romney there coming up to greet her husband. of course we're going to see, i imagine, at the same time, the president making her way toward michelle obama. they're going to greet members of this town hall. we're going to bring in here with judy wood rough, of course. gwen, i think we saw a very different dent from the first presidential...
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saw from the start of this debate tonight that president obama brought the debate to democrats needed to see from him. he unloaded on mitt romney, on just about every single issue. romney did manage to hold his own especially when he was talking about president obama's record, when he addressed the questioners directly but i think that he ended up getting into some trouble when he was arguing with the moderator and what could be the moment of the night, diane, is the exchange on libya. where governor romney said that president obama did not refer to an act of terror the day after the attack when, in fact, he said he did and he was up by candy crowley, the moderator. >> all right. as always, let us go to our matthew dowd who was advising presidential campaigns over two decades. was there a clear victor. >> yeah, very clear. president obama gets the victory in this, not as overwhelming as mitt romney but he gets a victory and i don't want to mix a lot of sports metaphor but this was a heavyweight fight. he dropped the rope-a-dope strategy and he didn't knock him out but won on points. t
saw from the start of this debate tonight that president obama brought the debate to democrats needed to see from him. he unloaded on mitt romney, on just about every single issue. romney did manage to hold his own especially when he was talking about president obama's record, when he addressed the questioners directly but i think that he ended up getting into some trouble when he was arguing with the moderator and what could be the moment of the night, diane, is the exchange on libya. where...
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and for the democrats, well, obama may have been rusty in the debate. he wasn't hurt too badly. we'll see how it plays out. but i think this was a strong night for mitt romney. we have three more debates to go. one with the vice-presidential candidates. two at the top of the ticket. and if you can keep this going, he may do himself some good. >> carl, you've been watching in trade. we saw an move in up in trade, the betting on obama versus romney. it actually -- >> about 9% down on the president. >> and up to 26% on governor romney. actually, larry kudlow with us as well. >> maria? >> yes, john? >> i want to say, i think you were right about the president being on the defensive. one of the things that came out of the two conventions is that the democrats, bill clinton helped president obama in this, shifted this from a referendum election on president obama's performance to a choice election. i think this -- the effect was to pull it back to a referendum election and put president obama on the defensive. he's the one with the record. and the american public is not in a great moo
and for the democrats, well, obama may have been rusty in the debate. he wasn't hurt too badly. we'll see how it plays out. but i think this was a strong night for mitt romney. we have three more debates to go. one with the vice-presidential candidates. two at the top of the ticket. and if you can keep this going, he may do himself some good. >> carl, you've been watching in trade. we saw an move in up in trade, the betting on obama versus romney. it actually -- >> about 9% down on...
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the first in the presidential debates in this election cycle between president barack obama and former massachusetts governor mitt romney. the stage is ready in denver, colorado. the university of denver. and all of the expectations management to the contrary, the two men you're going to see tonight are very good debaters. they have four ivy league degrees between them, after all, and 50 debates between them, though not against each other until tonight. there is a critical third man on that stage tonight in denver. that's the moderator, jim lehrer of pbs. he's done a dozen of these. and the rules, which he will announce at the start, give him broad leeway to guide the conversation and the debate. it is a cold room in denver. the campaigns wanted the temperature low. and it's not likely to stay that way once we get under way. both men have been prepping for days. this happens to be the obamas' 20th wedding anniversary. moments ago we saw a warm embrace between mrs. romney and mrs. obama. they both met each other at the front of the hall. their hiss, this is the first of three meetings d
the first in the presidential debates in this election cycle between president barack obama and former massachusetts governor mitt romney. the stage is ready in denver, colorado. the university of denver. and all of the expectations management to the contrary, the two men you're going to see tonight are very good debaters. they have four ivy league degrees between them, after all, and 50 debates between them, though not against each other until tonight. there is a critical third man on that...
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into barack obama's lap. i think this is a great clinton power play, very clever on the clinton's part and now the president's going to have that ball and he better not fumble it. >> governor romney is going to be pushing this. >> he's going to go right for it. you know he's going right for it. keith is right about the economy, but people are very upset about an ambassador getting killed. >> we take you to hofstra university, a town hall with about 80 voters chosen by gallup uncommitted registered voters from nassau county. we bring you candy crowley. >> good evening from hofstra university in hempsted, new york. i'm candy crowly from cnn's "state of the union." we are here for the second presidential debate a town hall sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted voters from the new york area. their questions will drive the night. my goal is to give the conversation direction and ensure questions get answered. the questions are known to me and my team only
into barack obama's lap. i think this is a great clinton power play, very clever on the clinton's part and now the president's going to have that ball and he better not fumble it. >> governor romney is going to be pushing this. >> he's going to go right for it. you know he's going right for it. keith is right about the economy, but people are very upset about an ambassador getting killed. >> we take you to hofstra university, a town hall with about 80 voters chosen by gallup...
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candy crowley is there, and now things are kicking off for a must-win debate for barack obama. >> moderator: good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york, i'm candy crowley from cnn's "state of the union." we are here for the second presidential debate sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted voters from the new york area. their questions will drive the night. my goal is to give the conversation direction and to insure questions get answered. the questions are known to me and my team only, neither the commission, nor the candidates have seen them. i hope to get to as many questions as possible, and because i am the optimistic sort, i'm sure the candidates will oblige by keeping their answers concise and on point. each candidate has as much as two minutes to respond to a common question, and there will be a two-minute follow-up. the audience here in the hall has agreed to be polite and attentive, no outbursts of any sort. we will set aside that agreemen@ just this once to welcome president barack obama and governor mitt
candy crowley is there, and now things are kicking off for a must-win debate for barack obama. >> moderator: good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york, i'm candy crowley from cnn's "state of the union." we are here for the second presidential debate sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted voters from the new york area. their questions will drive the night. my goal is to give the conversation direction...
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, their second of three debates. this one, of course, off the vice presidential debate. tonight the format here becomes critical. while candy crowley of cnn will moderate the discussion, this is a town hall format tonight. the questions coming from undecided voters as chosen by the gallup polling organization. there are 80 undecided voters in the hall. organizers hope to get 13 questions in along with follow-ups in the 90 minutes before us. candy crowley has indicated she plans a more activist role. that made the organizers nervous. let's see what she has to say. >> good evening from hofstra university in new york. i'm candy crowley from cnn's state of the union. we are here for the second presidential debate a town hall sponsored by the commission on presidential debate. the gallup organization chose 80 undecided voters. my goal is to give the conversation direction and ensure questions are answered. the questions are known to me sm my team only. neither the commission nor the candidates have seen them. i hope to ge
, their second of three debates. this one, of course, off the vice presidential debate. tonight the format here becomes critical. while candy crowley of cnn will moderate the discussion, this is a town hall format tonight. the questions coming from undecided voters as chosen by the gallup polling organization. there are 80 undecided voters in the hall. organizers hope to get 13 questions in along with follow-ups in the 90 minutes before us. candy crowley has indicated she plans a more activist...
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i thought it was the malaise debate for president obama. but mitt romney came at him from the left on several instances. on the dodd-frank issue, you let the big banks remain too big. like he cares. >> that's the etch-a-sketch-ificatoin. >> eliot: why didn't the president say, how are you going to keep them small? he didn't take him to task. he didn't challenge him. >> al gore: he also blamed obama implicitly for the fact that the dodd-frank regulations have not been put into effect for two years. the lobbyist on slot is responsible for that. >> cenk: i believe his top eight funners are all banks. so for mitt romney to pretend that he wants to limit the size of banks is the biggest joke. >> jennifer: name one answer that you thought that the president handled well. >> cenk: i thought he did a good job on medicare again, left the 716 unanswered there. but on the issue of medicare i think a lot of people might have sat at home -- and this might be a more important issue than anything else, especially when you look at florida. when he said loo
i thought it was the malaise debate for president obama. but mitt romney came at him from the left on several instances. on the dodd-frank issue, you let the big banks remain too big. like he cares. >> that's the etch-a-sketch-ificatoin. >> eliot: why didn't the president say, how are you going to keep them small? he didn't take him to task. he didn't challenge him. >> al gore: he also blamed obama implicitly for the fact that the dodd-frank regulations have not been put into...
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-didn't he moderate one of the debates between obama and mccain, and he asked a question about climate in that debate. i think he'll do a good job. >> jennifer: i also think he's such a--he's a classic gentleman. he's going to be--i'm sure he'll have heard the criticism that jim lehrer had and he's sort of the mold of jim lehrer, and he niece he has to be more guiding in this debate. >> john: and for candy crowly point out inaccuracy is bias. >> eliot: the president is viewed to having the advantage here so the president needs to win by a little bit to be more presidential. if mitt romney is viewed to be equally presidential, then i think in an odd way the president loses stature. he'll need to come across as i am the president i'm in charge. >> cenk: the debate is coming up in two minutes here. i want everybody to stick with us. we'll have the full debate for you. we'll be tweeting and you'll see everybody else's tweet on the screen as well. we're the only ones doing that coverage. we'll have instant analysis right afterwards which i can't wait for. we're all very excited to see how t
-didn't he moderate one of the debates between obama and mccain, and he asked a question about climate in that debate. i think he'll do a good job. >> jennifer: i also think he's such a--he's a classic gentleman. he's going to be--i'm sure he'll have heard the criticism that jim lehrer had and he's sort of the mold of jim lehrer, and he niece he has to be more guiding in this debate. >> john: and for candy crowly point out inaccuracy is bias. >> eliot: the president is viewed...
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a cbs flash poll of uncommitted voters found that 53% said that president obama won tonight's debate. 23% said mitt romney won tonight's debate and 24% scored it as a tie. lawrence o'donnell is in the spin room with john kerry whose twitter feed has become way more interesting. lawrence? >> thank, rachel. you played mitt romney in the debate prep. when you were playing mitt romney, did you say we are going to be out of afghanistan by 2014? >> no. >> why didn't you say that? >> because mitt romney hasn't said it and he's never said it. i mean, my head is dizzy tonight trying to follow mitt romney. >> you were shocked when you heard him say it again. >> i was. because weeks ago mitt romney said, i'm going to listen to the generals. you made a mistake, mr. president, to set a date certain. you never should have announced it and now tonight he agrees. this is a man -- i have to tell you, tonight we saw a commander in chief and a candidate in total confusion who is -- if you're leaders in the world, you're scratching your head tonight saying, how could the american people possibly elect a
a cbs flash poll of uncommitted voters found that 53% said that president obama won tonight's debate. 23% said mitt romney won tonight's debate and 24% scored it as a tie. lawrence o'donnell is in the spin room with john kerry whose twitter feed has become way more interesting. lawrence? >> thank, rachel. you played mitt romney in the debate prep. when you were playing mitt romney, did you say we are going to be out of afghanistan by 2014? >> no. >> why didn't you say that?...
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but everybody has president obama winning the second debate. and you don't hear that in the rest of the media. romney won the first debate by a larger margin, right? but president obama clearly won the second debate, and yet you hear mixed -- >> eliot: cenk i don't think you are focusing on what i said. the first half of the debate, the president clearly won. the second part of the debate, which is what the public cares about. the president then lapsed back into his discourse which isn't as persuasive about how we have made progress but are not there yet. >> al gore: i think we ought to do post debate analysis on the debate between cenk and eliot. [ laughter ] >> cenk: all right. we have to take a really quick debate, but whwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwh is american ready for a mormon president? >>i personally can't get over the mononism thing. >>between him and obama, i wouldn't vote. >>i'm proud of my faith, its part of my heritage. >>current tv explores the world's fastest growing religion. >>mormonism is a cult. >>in the temple you learn the secret han
but everybody has president obama winning the second debate. and you don't hear that in the rest of the media. romney won the first debate by a larger margin, right? but president obama clearly won the second debate, and yet you hear mixed -- >> eliot: cenk i don't think you are focusing on what i said. the first half of the debate, the president clearly won. the second part of the debate, which is what the public cares about. the president then lapsed back into his discourse which isn't...
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but everybody has president obama winning the second debate. and you don't hear that in the rest of the media. romney won the first debate by a larger margin, right? but president obama clearly won the second debate, and yet you hear mixed -- >> eliot: cenk i don't think you are focusing on what i said. the first half of the debate, the president clearly won. the second part of the debate, which is what the public cares about. the president then lapsed back into his discourse which isn't as persuasive about how we have made progress but are not there yet. >> al gore: i think we ought to do post debate analysis on the debate between cenk and eliot. [ laughter ] >> cenk: all right. we have to take a really quick debate, but when we come back, more analysis on where the president scored specifically. by communications workers of america. bringing jobs home now. rich, chewy caramel rolled up in smooth milk chocolate. don't forget about that payroll meeting. rolo.get your smooth on. also in minis. (vo) always outspoken, now unleashed, joy behar. >>
but everybody has president obama winning the second debate. and you don't hear that in the rest of the media. romney won the first debate by a larger margin, right? but president obama clearly won the second debate, and yet you hear mixed -- >> eliot: cenk i don't think you are focusing on what i said. the first half of the debate, the president clearly won. the second part of the debate, which is what the public cares about. the president then lapsed back into his discourse which isn't...
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obama is back. he was back on that stage tonight. jim, you've seen it said you had never seen a debate where mitt romney had been fact checked by a moderator. he called that unprecedented. they're drawing a lot of attention to candy crowley fact checking mr. president obama said the libya attacks were an act of terror. he said he's not providing any specifics and when he does, according to axelrod romney is being outright dishonest. the romney campaign acknowledged that president obama was much more aggressive tonight but jim said romney won on content and in terms of likability with his tone and sununu, the former chief of staff essentially a romney surrogate of sorts he outright went after candy crowley in spin alley. what president obama said about libya was one of the most dishonest things sununu had ever heard and that it was not candy crowley's place to insert herself and he said that candy crowley was wrong. we've looked at the transcript from what president obama said in the rose garden and
obama is back. he was back on that stage tonight. jim, you've seen it said you had never seen a debate where mitt romney had been fact checked by a moderator. he called that unprecedented. they're drawing a lot of attention to candy crowley fact checking mr. president obama said the libya attacks were an act of terror. he said he's not providing any specifics and when he does, according to axelrod romney is being outright dishonest. the romney campaign acknowledged that president obama was much...
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i don't think it was the best debate performance for president obama. i agree with you we'll have to see how the specifics on the substantive issues settle in as people reflect on them. but the first visceral reaction i had was that romney did himself some good in this debate. i'm strongly supporting president obama, and i think he is going to win, but i don't think this was his best night. >> cenk: governor grandholm? [ laughter ] >> jennifer: i'm sad to say that i agree, and i really really am sad to say that i agree, because i so wanted to be wrong about thinking that romney was going to come out swinging. i think the president -- he was right on facts, but there were opportunities that were missed. so the not saying -- not hitting back on the $716 billion was a missed opportunity. i know the fact checkers -- >> al gore: and romney said it five times. >> cenk: or six times. >> jennifer: and there was stuff about cayman islands that would have been mentioned. all of that. but if you look at what is happening on line the fact checkers -- there is style
i don't think it was the best debate performance for president obama. i agree with you we'll have to see how the specifics on the substantive issues settle in as people reflect on them. but the first visceral reaction i had was that romney did himself some good in this debate. i'm strongly supporting president obama, and i think he is going to win, but i don't think this was his best night. >> cenk: governor grandholm? [ laughter ] >> jennifer: i'm sad to say that i agree, and i...
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the country thought obama was a better debater. i suspect, given those expectations, romney will have over-performed. >> woodruff: do you think it was a deliberate strategy on the part of the president to not be more aggressive or he was trying to hue to the format, the economy and health care and the role of government? what do you-- >> my impression, he has sessions with columnists where he defends his policies. that's what he sounds like. and so i don't think it was anything different than he has been talkin talk within the reaf the white house for the past four years. >> it was too policy abstract, the president's presentation was. and, you know, the few times he did put a human face on it, as i mentioned, it was better. what i found interesting was who became the innocence by association figures? tip o'neill and ronald reagan were invoked by both sides. ( laughter ). and donald trump became the punching bag of small business. i just eye found that interesting. and of course bill clt was embraced not simply by the president but
the country thought obama was a better debater. i suspect, given those expectations, romney will have over-performed. >> woodruff: do you think it was a deliberate strategy on the part of the president to not be more aggressive or he was trying to hue to the format, the economy and health care and the role of government? what do you-- >> my impression, he has sessions with columnists where he defends his policies. that's what he sounds like. and so i don't think it was anything...
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(applause) >> woodruff: with that this final debate between president obama and mitt romney is done. we watched them shake hands with the moderatedder, bob schieffer of cbs and i'm sure any moment now their wives and families will come on stage to give them a hug and wish them well. >> ifill: they greet each other as if they like each other even though from watching 90 minutes it didn't much look like it. >> woodruff: it sure didn't. gwen, this was a vigorous debate over, we say, a small list of countries, most of which are located in the middle east, afghanistan, pakistan and there at the end a little bit on china. i think we did hear two clear, direct to the camera closing statements from these candidates. and i think we saw mark shields, a more shall we say restrained mitt romney than we've seen in previous debates. >> no, i thought mitt romney played the hurt party and played it quite well. and i thought the president went after him. he was quite aggressive, right from the outset. you've got, you're fighting a cold war policies of the 1980s, the social policies of the 1950s, the
(applause) >> woodruff: with that this final debate between president obama and mitt romney is done. we watched them shake hands with the moderatedder, bob schieffer of cbs and i'm sure any moment now their wives and families will come on stage to give them a hug and wish them well. >> ifill: they greet each other as if they like each other even though from watching 90 minutes it didn't much look like it. >> woodruff: it sure didn't. gwen, this was a vigorous debate over, we...
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between president barack obama and the republican nominee mitt romney. this debate in the next three are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be 615-minute segments with two-minute answers for the first question then open discussion for the remainder of the segment. thousands of people offered suggestions on questions via the internet and other means. i made the final selections. they were not submitted for approval to the commission or the candidates. the segments will be free on the economy and one each on health care, the role of garment, and governing. there will be an emphasis throughout on differences, specifics, and choices. both will have two-minute closing statements. the audience has promised to remain silent. no cheers, applause, or other noisy distracting things so we may concentrate on what the candidates have to say. there is a noise exception right now as we welcome president obama and governor romney. [applaus
between president barack obama and the republican nominee mitt romney. this debate in the next three are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be 615-minute segments with two-minute answers for the first question then open discussion for the remainder of the segment. thousands of people offered suggestions on questions via the internet and other means. i made the...